gear Význam & definícia

Význam gear v slovenčine

• 0 a device, often consisting of connecting sets of wheels with teeth (= points) around the edge, that controls how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of a machine:

  • Does your car have five or six gears?

  • I couldn't find reverse gear.

  • The car should be in gear (= with its gears in position, allowing the vehicle to move).

  • When you start a car you need to be in first ( US also low) gear.

  • figurative After a slow start, the leadership campaign suddenly shifted into top gear (= started to advance very quickly).

• 1 the equipment, clothes, etc. that you use to do a particular activity:

  • fishing/camping gear

  • Police in riot gear (= protective clothing) arrived to control the protesters.

  • She wears all the latest gear.

• 2 drugs:

  • The traffickers knew that there would always be someone willing to move the gear.

• 3 (in a machine) a wheel having pointed parts around the edge that come together with similar parts of other wheels to control how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of a machine

  • [ U ] Use second gear going up a steep hill.

• 4 equipment or clothes used for a particular activity:

  • camping gear

• 5 to make something ready or suitable for a particular purpose:

  • [ T ] Our program is geared to the needs of children.

• 6 a system or piece of equipment:

  • A good place to connect with other consumers is Epinions.com, which posts reviews on all sorts of gadgets and gear.

  • computer/electronic/networking gear

• 7 equipment or clothes that are used for a particular activity:

  • The workers said they received no protective gear or warnings about the dangers of asbestos.

• 8 the speed at which something happens or is done:

  • After a slow start, the leadership campaign suddenly shifted into gear.

  • high/low/top gear

• 9 to start to do something better or faster:

  • The price war stepped up a gear yesterday when two major chains announced they were cutting the cost of petrol.